(2 Jul 2024)
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Sacramento, California - 2 July 2024
1. Discovery Park beach on American River
2. Christina Coffey sets up tent on beach
3. Coffey with young daughter
4. Coffey's daughter playing on beach
5. Coffey sitting on beach with tents and chairs
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Christina Coffey, Fairfield resident:
"Well, I hear it's going to be like 111, if I'm not mistaken, and sitting in the house and that type of heat is pretty miserable at times, even with the air conditioner. So, yeah, we just decided to come out and get some air and enjoy the heat outside versus inside."
7. Sign and life vests on beach in Discovery Park
8. Carl Olson walking in water
9. Speed boat on American River
10. Olson sitting on beach
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Carl Olson, Sacramento resident:
"It's going to be up in the 110s, 115s, and everyone's talking about it, and I just come down here in the morning and no one was here. Where the water right now is probably in the American River's probably in the 50s. So a couple of dunks in that it cools you right off. But then within the next, hour or so, I'll be out of here because it won't be correctable at that point."
12. Olson sitting on beach
13. California State Capitol building
14. Jordan Campbell lines up to buy ice cream from truck
15. Campbell eating ice create
16.SOUNDBITE (English) Jordan Campbell, Sacramento:
"Well, this is my first summer in Sacramento, actually. I'm from Los Angeles. We have beaches, so it's a little cooler. So out here, I'm just trying to get, like, ice cream and stay indoors. Try to walk in the shade."
17. Friend takes photo of Hilal Zakhilwal in front of State Capitol
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilal Zakhilwal, Antelope resident:
"Well, to be honest, it feels very bad for me because I'm not very familiar with the heat still being for three years in Sacramento because where I have lived for my life and Afghanistan, Kabul, that was very cold and winter was snowing and summer it was not that how it is here. But I think it's it's it's feel very hard for me. But I try to be under the shade not to be under the direct light of the sun, but I think it is hot. It is very hot."
19. Dome of California State Capitol building
STORYLINE:
Swaths of California sweltered Tuesday and things were only expected to get worse during the Fourth of July holiday week for parts of the United States with nearly 90 million people under heat alerts.
The torrid conditions were being caused by a ridge of high pressure just off the West Coast and a separate ridge that spawned heat warnings and advisories from Kansas and Missouri to the Gulf Coast states, according to the National Weather Service.
California's capital, Sacramento, was under an excessive heat warning expected to last until Sunday night, with temperatures forecasted to reach between 105 degrees and 115 degrees (40.5-46 Celsius).
An analysis by The Associated Press found that heat killed more than 2,300 people in the U.S. last year, setting a record. That figure is likely a major undercount, dozens of experts told AP reporters.
Dr. Arthur Jey, an emergency services physician with Sutter Health in Sacramento, told reporters that getting out of the heat is important, along with wearing a hat and loose clothes, hydration and watching out for signs of heat stroke.
California's heat was expected to spread from north to south over the week, with the worst of it focused on interior areas including the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys and the southern deserts. But warnings extended out to just short of the coast.
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